Informal Events (Weekdays)
For informal events with 20 to 100 attendees, the fee is R780.
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Venue Hire Parks by Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo offers a variety of outdoor venues across Johannesburg, Gauteng, including parks, botanical gardens, and the Johannesburg Zoo. These spaces are suitable for a wide range of events such as weddings, corporate launches, community gatherings, team building activities, and film or photo shoots. The venues are professionally managed and showcase the city’s green open spaces, providing options that range from intimate settings to large-scale event hosting.
The service includes practical amenities like braai and lapa areas, parking facilities, and event planning support. Catering services are also available to complement the outdoor venues. The Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo manages over 20 000 hectares of public open space, ensuring well-maintained grounds and a variety of natural landscapes, including a 54-hectare zoo precinct with diverse animal species that add a unique dimension to certain events.
Venue Hire Parks provides packages tailored to different event sizes and purposes, with fees varying according to the scale and day of the event. While some reviews note concerns about park maintenance and customer service, others highlight the well-maintained zoo grounds, family-friendly atmosphere, and quality of animal exhibits. The venues offer a blend of natural beauty and functional facilities suitable for private and community events throughout Johannesburg.
Venue Hire Parks by Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo opens up a wide selection of outdoor spaces across the City of Johannesburg for memorable events and productions. As the municipal entity responsible for the city’s parks, botanical gardens, zoo, nature reserves and bird sanctuaries, JCPZ provides professionally managed venues that showcase Joburg’s green open spaces while supporting a broad range of private and community occasions.
From tranquil parklands to the botanical garden and the dynamic setting of the Johannesburg Zoo, organisers can choose from diverse outdoor environments suited to ceremonies, launches, team activities and large-scale gatherings. JCPZ’s mandate covers a portfolio of more than 20 000 hectares of public open space, so there are options across the city for different styles of events and productions, including scenic locations for film and photo shoots.
The service caters for wedding ceremonies, corporate launches, team building activities and community celebrations, as well as large event hosting. Filmmakers and photographers can secure striking backdrops in natural landscapes or at the zoo, with spaces suited to editorial shoots, commercials and other audiovisual projects. Whether the brief s for an intimate setting or room for a sizeable crowd, JCPZ aligns the venue to the event’s scale and purpose within its outdoor estate.
Practical amenities support smooth event delivery. Many venues offer braai and lapa areas that work well for family days, year-end functions and relaxed social gatherings. Parking for events is available, helping guests arrive and depart with ease. JCPZ can also assist with event planning elements and catering services where required, bringing together the on-site facilities and logistics that make hosting in public green spaces both feasible and enjoyable.
Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo combines event support with stewardship of the city’s natural assets. The organisation manages millions of public trees and oversees horticultural and ecological services, which contributes to well-kept grounds and thoughtfully maintained venues. Within the zoo’s 54-hectare precinct, a significant collection of animal species underscores the site’s conservation and educational role, adding a unique dimension for certain event concepts and creative shoots.
The breadth of the JCPZ estate means options are available across Johannesburg, with venues in parks and public gardens as well as at the zoo and within designated outdoor facilities. This reach enables organisers to select locations convenient for their audience while matching the atmosphere they have in mind, from open lawns and garden vistas to spaces set up for community functions.
Operating as a non-profit company mandated by the City of Johannesburg, JCPZ brings institutional experience and citywide infrastructure to venue hire. Its teams manage bookings alongside the broader responsibilities of maintaining public open spaces, ensuring that events align with conservation, safety and community use. The result is access to attractive outdoor settings underpinned by professional oversight.
Whether planning a wedding ceremony framed by greenery, a corporate launch with easy access and parking, a team building day around braai facilities, or a film or photo shoot that s for authentic urban nature, Venue Hire Parks by JCPZ provides the locations and support to make outdoor events work across Johannesburg.
Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo offers a variety of venues for hire, suitable for private and community events. Their outdoor facilities include parks, open spaces, and areas for film shoots and gatherings.
For informal events with 20 to 100 attendees, the fee is R780.
For informal events with 20 to 100 attendees, the fee is R2,291.
Fees for one day start at R135,695.
For general photo shoots under 50 people, the fee is R260.
Corporate filming for a full day (8 hours) costs R19,016.
| Monday | 08:00 – 17:00 |
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| Tuesday | 08:00 – 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 08:00 – 17:00 |
| Thursday | 08:00 – 17:00 |
| Friday | 08:00 – 17:00 |
| Saturday | 08:00 – 17:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00 – 17:00 |
40 De Korte St, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001
4.1 ★★★★☆ 101 reviews on Google
Parks dept is one of the worst depts in COJ if there can be such a thing. Grass in parks ist height amongst a lot of other issues. Been little rain the past 3 weeks so lots of opportunity to clean up parks.
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In 2007 we bought the house at 61 inyoni Rd, Roseacre, due the other reason the small park grass were cut but since covid no luck. This is unexpected they use to cut and rake it up then they cut when I go in and ask and s told only every3 months what a joke.dont do it . They used to cut it when they cut the big park not anymore. It's knee hight now and blok ter going out my yard cause it to flood at the back. Trees growing next to my fence going to damage my ll but also cause electrical fence to go off.
Then those bluegum trees needs to be trimmed as it caused damage to my property as gutters blocked due to storms all leaves block my gutters and due to it insurance would not pay. Pls get the trees trimmed. My neighbour's electrical fence s damaged due to branches that fell on it. Needs to be trimmed. I did send to the mayor also. Pls assist with this
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I recently had the chance to interact with the Joburg City Parks and Zoo regarding a tender submission, and regrettably, my experience s s not great. The management of the tender submission process s concerning; there were no registers available, and the submission box while visiable it did not seem secure.
Moreover, the security staff were dismiss our questions, which contributed to the overall discomfort. Ultimately, I hope to see enhancements in their processes and customer service moving forward.
What a wonderful day I had here with my 3 children. The zoo seems to be extremely well managed and maintained. Their new Amazon animal exhibit is beautiful. The animals all seem to be well looked after and the animal enclosures seem to be very comfortable for the animals. We loved the variety of animals and fun animal interactions we had (particularly friendly monkeys!). The zoo also has numerous fun play areas and picnic spots. I would highly recommend it for a great family day.
Went last week and really enjoyed it and as a local can get to go anytime! A really lovely day out and not expensive. Collapsed in the restaurant and had a lovely lunch. We had one or two issues with the unsupervised school children and found one lot throwing small branches at a couple of the lion. When I challenged them I couldn't find any staff or teachers anywhere. It's great to see the children there but there must be proper supervision. One group were just running riot and screaming and again no-one around. They told me they were iting for their teacher. Really not acceptable. Also need to sort out the cleaners as they lk around with their sticks and a bag picking up the obvious stuff but miss the rubbish in the beds and under the seating. Still it's easy to criticize and everything aside it really is a lovely day out and worth it.
I had a great experience here. The grounds are well maintained and the exhibits are updated and looked well cared for. The animals seem healthy and there s plenty to see! I spent 4 or 5 hours here.
Definitely one of the larger zoos I have been too, and easily compares to zoos in the US. The one thing I noticed is there were not many shops or guest services. I for one certainly appreciated that, I get tired of being constantly bombarded by shopping and eating when I go to a zoo to learn about animals. But, for families, it may be the one downside.
Large Zoo with all the animals you would wish to see. Great picnic spots, guided tours or lk it yourself. Information guides on all enclosures and even an open deck to view the Gorilla. Big trees for cover from the sun. Excellent family fun.
Great offices that requires Parking for public servants
Too much lking required and almost no animals visible. No longer renting mini-cars plus an entrance fee that will make even gold reef blush leads to an exhaustive affair.
The has workers that have love visitors, is open through out the week. From the M1 high y turn on Jun Smuts toward Rosebank, two minutes drive.
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